Share your thoughts on a proposal for a new international standards committee on construction management by September 2.
According to the proposal, no existing ISO framework directly focuses on the integrated management of execution and operational delivery at the construction site level—causing persistent performance and productivity challenges across the construction sector.
Submitted by INSO, the ISO member body from Islamic Republic of Iran, the proposal for a new ISO Technical Committee (TC) includes the following scope statement:
“Standardization in the field of construction management, with particular emphasis on the execution phase of built environment projects, including:
- planning, coordination, and control of construction execution processes and site-based activities;
- management of resources required for construction execution, including workforce, equipment, materials, and information flows, strictly from an organizational and managerial perspective;
- ·operational management practices for on-site delivery, including performance measurement and monitoring;
- coordination of execution-phase activities with relevant design outputs, quality, safety, environmental, and lifecycle considerations, without addressing design development, design governance, or technical specification activities;
- management practices supporting health, safety, and environmental (HSE) performance during construction execution; and
- practical application of digital tools and information technologies to support construction execution management processes, without defining information models, data structures, interoperability protocols, or digital technical specifications.”
The work of this committee is limited to management frameworks and execution-phase coordination practices. It does not address the technical performance, design, specification, or safety requirements of products, materials, machinery, electrotechnical systems, or digital infrastructure.
The following are excluded from the scope:
- technical design standards for buildings and civil engineering works (e.g., ISO/TC 59, ISO/TC 98);
- manufacturing and factory production processes for prefabricated building systems (ISO/TC 59/SC 19);
- material-specific technical execution standards for concrete, steel, aluminum, timber, and other construction materials (ISO/TC 71, ISO/TC 167, ISO/TC 165, ISO/TC 74, ISO/TC 17, etc.);
- standards for construction machinery, equipment, and related technical requirements (ISO/TC 195);
- generic management system standards, including quality, environmental, and occupational health and safety management systems (ISO/TC 176, ISO/TC 207, ISO/TC 283);
- project, programme, and portfolio management standards addressing project governance, lifecycle frameworks, terminology, and generic project management concepts (ISO/TC 258); and
- information modelling standards, data schemas, digital interoperability frameworks, semantic models, and electrotechnical documentation standards.
Read the proposal and submit comments to Sara Desautels, ANSI senior director of international policy and strategy, at [email protected] by close of business on Wednesday, September 2. ANSI will incorporate all input into a recommended position and draft comments for ANSI ISO Council approval ahead of the October 1 ISO voting deadline.
